GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Patna
C. P. Thakur (INC) won by 72,181 votes (14.6%).
- Electors
- 9,63,346
- Votes polled
- 5,04,781
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 52.4%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 14.6% (median 17.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1984 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 5.8%(-2.3%)
- Turnout
- 55.2%(+10.5%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 88.7%
Winning margin over time · Patna
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C. P. ThakurWinner | INC | 2,14,989 | 43.4% |
| 2 | Ramavatar Shashtri | CPI | 1,42,808 | 28.8% |
| 3 | S. K. Sinha | IND | 1,17,537 | 23.7% |
| 4 | Md. Idris | IND | 9,169 | 1.8% |
| 5 | Chandeshwar Singh | IND | 2,358 | 0.5% |
| 6 | Ashok Kumar | IND | 1,683 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Vasant Kumar Pathik | IND | 630 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Kedar Nath Verma | IND | 580 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Ravindra Nath Sinha | IND | 501 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Subhash Chandra Mehta | IND | 437 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Shiv Bhajan Singh | IND | 427 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Sachchidanand Sahay | IND | 421 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Ashok Kumar Yadav | IND | 395 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Vishnu Shankar Sahay | IND | 385 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Yogendra Kumar | IND | 380 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Ashish Ganguly | IND | 378 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Ran Vijay Singh | IND | 369 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Jagdeo Yadav | IND | 352 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Ganpat Rai | IND | 317 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Ram Raj Dubey | IND | 317 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Chandrika Pd. Singh | IND | 316 | 0.1% |
| 22 | Vrijnandan Mahto | IND | 284 | 0.1% |
| 23 | Okar Dayal Singh | IND | 281 | 0.1% |
| 24 | Arjun Prasad | IND | 270 | 0.1% |
| 25 | Arjun Pd. Priyadarshi | IND | 100 | 0.0% |
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